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Dr. Bell, a Professor of History at the University of Maryland, will explore course of events that led Bostonians to board ships and destroy hundreds of chests of East India Company duri ng the evening of December 16, 1773. He will discuss the local and global context for this violent response to the 1773 Tea Act, just one in a series of directives issued by Great Britain’s parliament that enflamed passions and moved the colonies closer to revolution. 

Dr. Richard Bell holds a PhD from Harvard University and has won more than a dozen teaching awards, including the Univers ity System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has held major research fellowships at Yale, Cambridge, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship and the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award. Professor Bell is author of the new book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home, which was shortlisted for the George Washington Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize.

If you are interested in an opportunity to taste “revolutionary” tea, purchase a ticket to Tea for 250, a limited-seating event that will feature Bohea tea, tea treats, and period music immediately following the lecture at 3:00pm. Lecture admission is included in this event.

Dr. Bell, a Professor of History at the University of Maryland, will explore course of events that led Bostonians to board ships and destroy hundreds of chests of East India Company duri ng the evening of December 16, 1773. He will discuss the local and global context for this violent response to the 1773 Tea Act, just one in a series of directives issued by Great Britain’s parliament that enflamed passions and moved the colonies closer to revolution. 

Dr. Richard Bell holds a PhD from Harvard University and has won more than a dozen teaching awards, including the Univers ity System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has held major research fellowships at Yale, Cambridge, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship and the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award. Professor Bell is author of the new book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home, which was shortlisted for the George Washington Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize.

If you are interested in an opportunity to taste “revolutionary” tea, purchase a ticket to Tea for 250, a limited-seating event that will feature Bohea tea, tea treats, and period music immediately following the lecture at 3:00pm. Lecture admission is included in this event.

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